#12012C#12012C

#12012C is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.003; OKLCH L 16.0% C 0.084 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12012C
RGB	rgb(18, 1, 44)
HSL	hsl(264, 96%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(264, 98%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 97.7%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(3.00, 16.35, -23.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(3.00, 28.54, 304.96°)
OKLab	oklab(16.02% 0.0358 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(16.02% 0.084 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(0.7148, 0.3321, 2.4088)
Luminance	0.0033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight

#03012D

ΔE00 3.95

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12012C #1B2C01

analogous

#01062C #12012C #28012C

triadic

#12012C #2C1201 #012C12

tetradic

#12012C #2C0106 #1B2C01 #012C28

square

#12012C #2C0106 #1B2C01 #012C28

split-complementary

#12012C #2C2801 #062C01

monochromatic

#0C011E #0C011E #12012C #2A0268 #4304A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.69

#12012C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.07

#12012C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12012C

19.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12012C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12012C	1.00	19.69	1.07	19.69
#FFFFFF	19.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A0C16

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0B0B0B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12012c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 1, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(16.0% 0.084 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#514665',
    500: '#12012c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12012c;
$custom-light: #514665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12012c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 1,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.721,
    "s": 95.556,
    "l": 8.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.16021,
    "c": 0.08355,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12012C

secondary

#4E7217

accent

#FF29AA

background

#F4F3F6

surface

#E7E5EB

border

#C3C1C6

text

#020005

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #12012C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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